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<i>At 10:42 AM 8/10/00 -0400, you wrote:<br>
Not for Popeye. Has anyone out there ever encountered anyone who
pronounces "iron" with two syllables like the cartoon
character?<br>
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</i>Not any Americans- but the Poles have a their own version of Ozzy
Osbourne's Iron Man, "Jestem I Ron Man" - so I know hundreds of
ESL students who say that way. <br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">Kathleen E. Miller<br>
<i>Research Assistant to William Safire<br>
The New York Times<br>
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"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with
the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the
eye."
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